Posted on 12 July 2010. Tags: Management and Leadership, Supporting women worldwide
We have a lot of sphinxx members and readers who work in the public sector. There are many sites full of business resources, articles and international news, and I would like to introduce you ladies working in the public sector toPublic Sector Women, a much needed and very useful website. If you attended Adelaide May […]
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Posted on 06 July 2010. Tags: Ascend Development Days, Management and Leadership
I’m very excited by our speaker line up for August Ascend “Re-energise You”, and delighted to announce that as we head towards the conference our speakers will be sharing some of their resources here. Up first, Ken Wright shares his thoughts on leadership and creating a self motivated, inspired team, where you know that each and […]
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Posted on 29 June 2010. Tags: Management and Leadership, Offers
You’re probably already familiar with the de Groots restaurant site www.bestrestaurants.com.au which is oldest restaurant site in Australia and the function site www.bestvenues.com.au. These much-loved websites are the go to source for information about the best restaurants and function venues all around Australia and unique features such as downloadable full menus, function packages, lunch special and a real-time […]
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Posted on 28 June 2010. Tags: Management and Leadership
Everyone loses motivation from time to time. In fact as a leader or a manager in business or indeed any field, maintaining your own motivation and focus is a crucial and constantly evolving art. But what about your employees? How can you boost their satisfaction and productivity?Knowledge Wharton has published an articles on the findings […]
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Posted on 27 June 2010. Tags: Best Practices, Career Management, Management and Leadership, Mentoring
A new Harvard blog this week really struck a chord with me in its career advice to forget mentors and employ a personal board of directors instead. While acknowledging the exposure and connections that a corporate-sponsored mentoring program can bring, Priscilla Claman argues that ‘hitching your career to some rising manager’ is rapidly becoming outdated […]
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Posted on 26 June 2010. Tags: Management and Leadership, Supporting women worldwide, Women in Leadership, working women
A while ago I blogged about some McKinsey findings that found girls in developing nations were a better investment then boys. But I was just sent an article by McKinsey that claims that companies who have social investments that focus on women in developing countries also earn themselves “sizeable economic benefits”.83% of executives in a […]
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